Mauro Rosales out 2-4 Weeks, $100M to join MLS, and Crandall/Chaves: Smolderings for September 20, 2011
by Tweed Thornton on Sep 20, 2011 6:01 AM CDT
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The biggest news of the day came in the form of a tweet from the Seattle Sounders:
An MRI has revealed a small tear of Mauro Rosales' right MCL with no additional damage. Mauro is expected to miss 2-4 weeks.
With that, Seattle Sounders' MVP and MLS MVP candidate Rosales will likely be out for the U.S. Open Cup Final against the Chicago Fire. Perhaps almost equally important, Seattle loses a player who can simply take minutes over the next two weeks. The Sounders battle Costa Rican club Herediano tonight at 9:00 PM CST on Fox Soccer Channel in CONCACAF Champions League play. The game will be Seattle's 4th in 11 days and the stretch continues for the Sounders with games on September 24, September 27, and October 1 before ultimately reaching the October 4 final.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber had some interesting comments on expansion with the hat tip going to Steve Davis over at Daily Soccer Fix:
"We have put a $100 million price tag on a New York team. We haven't sold it to anybody yet ... but I don't believe the fact that we haven't closed a deal has anything to do with price."
There's some other good quotes from Garber and thoughts from Davis that make it a great read but that gets one thinking. Would you pay $100M for every MLS team? Why not just ask to buy one of the weaker MLS teams and move it?
Finally, Fire team writer Jeff Crandall had an excellent piece on Diego Chaves' return to providing productive stats. Chaves entered Saturday's game as a late sub and picked up the second assist on Dominic Oduro's game-winning goal.
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$100 million is ridiculous...
even considering them giving money to the NYRB. If that compensation rule does factor in, to me that would be odd. Odd doesn’t really surprise me anymore when it comes to the MLS though. I have never heard of another pro sport giving a compensation fee to a team if another team moves in their area (like the Cubs/White Sox). I wonder if the MLS would do this for one of the other teams that aren’t named LA, Seattle, or NY? I don’t see them compensating the Dynamo if another team was created in Texas.
Contrary to what Garber thinks, I think the reason why a serious group has not come forward is directly related to the price. The Cosmos have the name and history. They have already created a media team to make the rounds even though they aren’t officially a club yet. However, MLS is not big enough yet to warrant that kind of asking price, IMO. If I was an investor group I would be scared away too. This price smacks of Garber to me (Landon Donovan selling fee to Everton, anyone?).
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I have never heard of another pro sport giving a compensation fee to a team if another team moves in their area (like the Cubs/White Sox).
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I believe this is normal for expansion teams. For instance, the Washington Nationals gave the Baltimore Orioles their local TV rights when they moved from Montreal to DC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Nationals#Opposition_from_the_Orioles
That well could be...
being a Cubs fan, I could care less about those teams though. I don’t know of anything like this the Cubs have done. Generally, stuff like advertising, broadcasting, etc. are up to each team to get deals for. So, if you want to move into an area and want a TV deal, then that teams needs to hit the market and find one. I just find it odd and a bit like hand holding to require a team to pay a fee to move into another team’s area. If said other team (in this case the NYRB) doesn’t like it, maybe they should do a better job with TV deals, etc. And it also wouldn’t hurt putting a superior team on the pitch rather than one that underachieves and backstabs teammates.
I just find the whole concept of paying an “area fee” to another team absurd. If someone wants to open a shop close to me, that’s their right. As long as my shop is better, I don’t have to worry. that is how things should be.
With all that being said, I can understand differences in terms of expansion teams. However, they should still have to fend for themselves. If you want to start/move a team and throw your hat in the ring with the big boys, you should have all this lined up. If you can’t secure things on your own, maybe it’s a sign that you don’t have any business starting or moving a team. This rant is not aimed at you Iron. It’s merely my personal views on rules such as these.
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by Ryan Sealock on Sep 22, 2011 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
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